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Phill Gross

Managing Director

Adage Capital Management

Phill is a Co-Founder and Managing Director of Adage Capital Management, a Boston-based $8.9B Money Management firm focused on managing S&P 500 assets predominantly for Endowments and Foundations such as Harvard University, Northwestern University, Dartmouth College, the American Red Cross and the Getty Foundation. Adage and its predecessor, the Select Equity Group at the Harvard Management Company, has outperformed the S&P index in each of the last 15 years by an average of 3.5%.

Prior to founding Adage, Phill was a Healthcare and Retail analyst, equity research director and partner at the Harvard Management Company for 18 years after graduating from the University of Wisconsin with an MS in finance in 1983 and a BS in finance and economics in 1982.

Other Affiliations/Boards:

UW Foundation / UW Foundation Investment Committee
Steve Hawk Center for Applied Securities Analysis Advisory Board
Shelter, Inc. Strategic Advisory Council, Chair
Shelter, Inc. Board of Directors 1998-2006
Strategic Grant Partners, Founder and Treasurer